Aerospace startup to build rockets in Arizona

PHOENIX — A startup aerospace company has chosen Tucson for its headquarters, where it will also manufacture rockets to carry small satellites into space.

Gov. Doug Ducey made the announcement Thursday.

“Vector Space Systems is precisely the type of innovative, 21st century company we are working to attract to Arizona through our pro-business policies, and an excellent addition to southern Arizona’s already thriving aerospace industry,” Ducey said in a statement.